larg4::LArVoxelReadoutGeometry Class Reference

#include <LArVoxelReadoutGeometry.h>

Inheritance diagram for larg4::LArVoxelReadoutGeometry:

Classes
class	Sentry
struct	Setup_t
	Collection of all it takes to set up this object. More...

Public Member Functions
	LArVoxelReadoutGeometry (const G4String name, Setup_t const &setupData)
	Constructor: sets up all its LArVoxelReadout instances. More...
void	Construct () override

Private Member Functions
G4VPhysicalVolume *	FindNestedVolume (G4VPhysicalVolume *mother, G4Transform3D &motherTransform, G4Transform3D &daughterTransform, std::string &daughterName, unsigned int expectedNum)

Private Attributes
art::ServiceHandle < geo::Geometry const >	fGeo
	Handle to the geometry. More...
std::unique_ptr< G4UserLimits >	fStepLimit
larg4::LArVoxelReadout *	flarVoxelReadout {nullptr}
	Data for LArVoxelReadout setup. More...
larg4::LArVoxelReadout::Setup_t	fReadoutSetupData

Detailed Description

Definition at line 41 of file LArVoxelReadoutGeometry.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

larg4::LArVoxelReadoutGeometry::LArVoxelReadoutGeometry	(	const G4String	name,
		Setup_t const &	setupData
	)

Constructor: sets up all its LArVoxelReadout instances.

Definition at line 108 of file LArVoxelReadoutGeometry.cxx.

    : G4VUserParallelWorld(name), fReadoutSetupData(setupData.readoutSetup)
  {
    larg4::IonizationAndScintillation* ios = larg4::IonizationAndScintillation::Instance();
    fStepLimit = std::make_unique<G4UserLimits>(ios->StepSizeLimit());
  }

Member Function Documentation

void larg4::LArVoxelReadoutGeometry::Construct ( )

override

The key method in this class; creates a parallel world view of those volumes relevant to the LAr voxel readout. Required of any class that inherits from G4VUserParallelWorld

< sizes of the volume

< divisions in each volume

have some sorting...

Definition at line 117 of file LArVoxelReadoutGeometry.cxx.

  {
    // With a "parallel geometry", Geant4 has already created a clone
    // of the world physical and logical volumes.  We want to place
    // the LAr TPC, and only the LAr TPC, within this cloned world.

    // Get the parallel world physical volume.
    G4VPhysicalVolume* parallelPhysical = GetWorld();

    // Now we want to place a parallel LAr TPC volume within this
    // parallel world volume.  We only want to duplicate the LAr TPC
    // volume; any other volumes in the "official" geometry are going
    // to be ignored.  Our parallel world will consist only of the
    // world volume and the LAr TPC volume.

    G4Transform3D worldTransform;

    // first get the volDetEnclosure
    std::string daughterName("volDetEnclosure");
    G4Transform3D detEnclosureTransform;
    G4VPhysicalVolume* detEnclosureVolume =
      this->FindNestedVolume(g4b::DetectorConstruction::GetWorld(),
                             worldTransform,
                             detEnclosureTransform,
                             daughterName,
                             0);

    // we keep track of all the voxel boxes with different geometries we create
    struct VoxelSpecs_t {
      double w, h, d;          ///< sizes of the volume
      unsigned int nw, nh, nd; ///< divisions in each volume

      /// have some sorting...
      bool
      operator<(const VoxelSpecs_t& vs) const
      {
        if (w < vs.w) return true;
        if (w > vs.w) return false;
        if (h < vs.h) return true;
        if (h > vs.h) return false;
        if (d < vs.d) return true;
        if (d > vs.d) return false;
        if (nw < vs.nw) return true;
        if (nw > vs.nw) return false;
        if (nh < vs.nh) return true;
        if (nh > vs.nh) return false;
        if (nd < vs.nd) return true;
        return false;
      } // operator<
    };  // VoxelSpecs_t

    // TODO we don't need to cache the cell any more: a simple map will suffice
    struct VoxelVolumes_t {
      G4LogicalVolume* pBox;
      G4LogicalVolume* pCell;

      VoxelVolumes_t(G4LogicalVolume* box = nullptr, G4LogicalVolume* cell = nullptr)
        : pBox(box), pCell(cell)
      {}
    }; // VoxelVolumes_t

    // Define the sensitive detector for the voxel readout.  This class
    // routines will be called every time a particle deposits energy in
    // a voxel that overlaps the LAr TPC.
    flarVoxelReadout = new LArVoxelReadout("LArVoxelSD");
    flarVoxelReadout->Setup(fReadoutSetupData);
    if ((fGeo->Ncryostats() == 1) && (fGeo->Cryostat(0).NTPC() == 1))
      flarVoxelReadout->SetSingleTPC(0, 0); // just one TPC in the detector...

    // Tell Geant4's sensitive-detector manager that the voxel SD
    // class exists.
    G4SDManager* sdManager = G4SDManager::GetSDMpointer();
    sdManager->AddNewDetector(flarVoxelReadout);

    // hope hashing doubles is reliable...
    using VoxelCache_t = std::map<VoxelSpecs_t, VoxelVolumes_t>;
    VoxelCache_t VoxelCache;

    for (unsigned int c = 0; c < fGeo->Ncryostats(); ++c) {

      // next get the cryostat
      daughterName = "volCryostat";
      G4Transform3D cryostatTransform;
      G4VPhysicalVolume* cryostatVolume = this->FindNestedVolume(
        detEnclosureVolume, detEnclosureTransform, cryostatTransform, daughterName, c);

      for (unsigned int t = 0; t < fGeo->Cryostat(c).NTPC(); ++t) {

        // now for the TPC
        daughterName = "volTPC";
        G4Transform3D tpcTransform;
        G4VPhysicalVolume* tpcVolume =
          this->FindNestedVolume(cryostatVolume, cryostatTransform, tpcTransform, daughterName, t);

        daughterName = "volTPCActive";
        G4Transform3D transform;
        G4VPhysicalVolume* larTPCPhysical =
          this->FindNestedVolume(tpcVolume, tpcTransform, transform, daughterName, t);

        // Get the LAr TPC volume, and its shape.
        G4LogicalVolume* larTPCLogical = larTPCPhysical->GetLogicalVolume();
        larTPCLogical->SetUserLimits(fStepLimit.get());

        G4VSolid* larTPCShape = larTPCLogical->GetSolid();

        // We're not going to exactly duplicate the LAr TPC in our
        // parallel world.  We're going to construct a box of voxels.
        // What should the size and position of that box be?

        // To get our first hints, we need the overall dimensions of a
        // "bounding box" that contains the shape.  For now, we'll allow
        // two possible shapes: a box (by the far the most likely) and a
        // cylinder (for bizarre future detectors that I know nothing
        // about).

        G4double larTPCHalfXLength = 0;
        G4double larTPCHalfYLength = 0;
        G4double larTPCHalfZLength = 0;
        G4Box* tpcBox = dynamic_cast<G4Box*>(larTPCShape);
        if (tpcBox != 0) {
          larTPCHalfXLength = tpcBox->GetXHalfLength();
          larTPCHalfYLength = tpcBox->GetYHalfLength();
          larTPCHalfZLength = tpcBox->GetZHalfLength();
        }
        else {
          // It's not a box.  Try a cylinder.
          G4Tubs* tube = dynamic_cast<G4Tubs*>(larTPCShape);
          if (tube != 0) {
            larTPCHalfXLength = tube->GetOuterRadius();
            larTPCHalfYLength = tube->GetOuterRadius();
            larTPCHalfZLength = tube->GetZHalfLength();
          }
          else {
            throw cet::exception("LArVoxelReadoutGeometry")
              << "Unknown shape in readout geometry"
              << "The LAr TPC volume is not a box or a tube. "
              << "This routine can't convert any other shapes.\n";
          }
        }

        MF_LOG_DEBUG("LArVoxelReadoutGeometry") << ": larTPCHalfXLength=" << larTPCHalfXLength
                                                << ": larTPCHalfYLength=" << larTPCHalfYLength
                                                << ": larTPCHalfZLength=" << larTPCHalfZLength;

        // Get some constants from the LAr voxel information object.
        // Remember, ROOT uses cm.
        art::ServiceHandle<sim::LArVoxelCalculator const> lvc;
        G4double voxelSizeX = lvc->VoxelSizeX() * CLHEP::cm;
        G4double voxelSizeY = lvc->VoxelSizeY() * CLHEP::cm;
        G4double voxelSizeZ = lvc->VoxelSizeZ() * CLHEP::cm;
        G4double voxelOffsetX = lvc->VoxelOffsetX() * CLHEP::cm;
        G4double voxelOffsetY = lvc->VoxelOffsetY() * CLHEP::cm;
        G4double voxelOffsetZ = lvc->VoxelOffsetZ() * CLHEP::cm;

        MF_LOG_DEBUG("LArVoxelReadoutGeometry")
          << ": voxelSizeX=" << voxelSizeX << ", voxelSizeY=" << voxelSizeY
          << ", voxelSizeZ=" << voxelSizeZ;

        MF_LOG_DEBUG("LArVoxelReadoutGeometry")
          << ": voxelOffsetX=" << voxelOffsetX << ", voxelOffsetY=" << voxelOffsetY
          << ", voxelOffsetZ=" << voxelOffsetZ;

        // We want our voxelization region to be an integer multiple of
        // the voxel sizes in all directions; if we didn't do this, we
        // might get into trouble when we start playing with replicas.
        // Compute the the dimensions of our voxelization to be about the
        // size of the LAr TPC region, adjusted to be an integer number of
        // voxels in all directions.

        G4double numberXvoxels = 2. * larTPCHalfXLength / voxelSizeX;
        G4double numberYvoxels = 2. * larTPCHalfYLength / voxelSizeY;
        G4double numberZvoxels = 2. * larTPCHalfZLength / voxelSizeZ;
        numberXvoxels = trunc(numberXvoxels) + 1.;
        numberYvoxels = trunc(numberYvoxels) + 1.;
        numberZvoxels = trunc(numberZvoxels) + 1.;

        MF_LOG_DEBUG("LArVoxelReadoutGeometry")
          << "Active volume of cryo #" << c << " TPC #" << t << " will be split in "
          << numberXvoxels << " x " << numberYvoxels << " x " << numberZvoxels << " = "
          << (numberXvoxels * numberYvoxels * numberZvoxels) << " voxels of size " << voxelSizeX
          << " x " << voxelSizeY << " x " << voxelSizeZ << " cm";

        VoxelSpecs_t VoxelSpecs{/* w */ 2. * larTPCHalfXLength,
                                /* h */ 2. * larTPCHalfYLength,
                                /* d */ 2. * larTPCHalfZLength,
                                /* nw */ (unsigned int)numberXvoxels,
                                /* nh */ (unsigned int)numberYvoxels,
                                /* nd */ (unsigned int)numberZvoxels};

        VoxelCache_t::iterator iVoxelVol =
          DisableVoxelCaching ? VoxelCache.end() : VoxelCache.find(VoxelSpecs);
        if (iVoxelVol == VoxelCache.end()) {
          MF_LOG_DEBUG("LArVoxelReadoutGeometry")
            << "Creating a new voxel volume " << VoxelSpecs.w << " x " << VoxelSpecs.h << " x "
            << VoxelSpecs.d << " cm, " << VoxelSpecs.nw << " x " << VoxelSpecs.nh << " x "
            << VoxelSpecs.nd << " voxels";

          G4double voxelBoxHalfX = numberXvoxels * voxelSizeX / 2.;
          G4double voxelBoxHalfY = numberYvoxels * voxelSizeY / 2.;
          G4double voxelBoxHalfZ = numberZvoxels * voxelSizeZ / 2.;

          MF_LOG_DEBUG("LArVoxelReadoutGeometry")
            << ": voxelBoxHalfX=" << voxelBoxHalfX << ", voxelBoxHalfY=" << voxelBoxHalfY
            << ", voxelBoxHalfZ=" << voxelBoxHalfZ;

          // Now we have a box that will include an integer number of voxels
          // in each direction.  Note that the material is irrelevant for a
          // "parallel world."
          auto voxelBox = new G4Box("VoxelBox", voxelBoxHalfX, voxelBoxHalfY, voxelBoxHalfZ);
          auto voxelBoxLogical = new G4LogicalVolume(voxelBox, 0, "VoxelizationLogicalVolume");

          // If we generate an event display within Geant4, we won't want to
          // see this box.
          auto invisible = new G4VisAttributes();
          invisible->SetVisibility(false);
          voxelBoxLogical->SetVisAttributes(invisible);

          // Now we've fill our "box of voxels" with the voxels themselves.
          // We'll do this by sub-dividing the volume in x, then y, then z.

          // Create an "x-slice".
          G4Box* xSlice = new G4Box("xSlice", voxelSizeX / 2., voxelBoxHalfY, voxelBoxHalfZ);
          G4LogicalVolume* xSliceLogical = new G4LogicalVolume(xSlice, 0, "xLArVoxelSlice");
          xSliceLogical->SetVisAttributes(invisible);

          // Use replication to slice up the "box of voxels" along the x-axis.
          new G4PVReplica("VoxelSlicesInX",
                          xSliceLogical,
                          voxelBoxLogical,
                          kXAxis,
                          G4int(numberXvoxels),
                          voxelSizeX);

          // Now do the same thing, dividing that x-slice along the y-axis.
          auto ySlice = new G4Box("ySlice", voxelSizeX / 2., voxelSizeY / 2., voxelBoxHalfZ);
          auto ySliceLogical = new G4LogicalVolume(ySlice, 0, "yLArVoxelSlice");
          ySliceLogical->SetVisAttributes(invisible);
          new G4PVReplica("VoxelSlicesInY",
                          ySliceLogical,
                          xSliceLogical,
                          kYAxis,
                          G4int(numberYvoxels),
                          voxelSizeY);

          // Now divide the y-slice along the z-axis, giving us our actual
          // voxels.
          auto zSlice = new G4Box("zSlice", voxelSizeX / 2., voxelSizeY / 2., voxelSizeZ / 2.);
          auto voxelLogical = new G4LogicalVolume(zSlice, 0, "LArVoxel");
          voxelLogical->SetVisAttributes(invisible);
          new G4PVReplica(
            "LArVoxel", voxelLogical, ySliceLogical, kZAxis, G4int(numberZvoxels), voxelSizeZ);

          iVoxelVol = VoxelCache.emplace(VoxelSpecs, VoxelVolumes_t(voxelBoxLogical, voxelLogical))
                        .first; // iterator to the inserted element

          // Set the sensitive detector of this LAr TPC (logical) volume
          // to be the voxel readout.
          voxelLogical->SetSensitiveDetector(flarVoxelReadout);

        } // if not cached yet
        G4LogicalVolume* voxelBoxLogical = iVoxelVol->second.pBox;

        // We have a "box of voxels" that's the right dimensions, but we
        // have to know exactly where to put it.  The user has the option
        // to offset the voxel co-ordinate system.  We want to place our
        // box so the edges of our voxels align with that co-ordinate
        // system.  In effect, we want to offset our "box of voxels" by
        // the user's offsets, modulo the size of the voxel in each
        // direction.

        G4double offsetInVoxelsX = voxelOffsetX / voxelSizeX;
        G4double offsetInVoxelsY = voxelOffsetY / voxelSizeY;
        G4double offsetInVoxelsZ = voxelOffsetZ / voxelSizeZ;
        G4double fractionOffsetX = offsetInVoxelsX - trunc(offsetInVoxelsX);
        G4double fractionOffsetY = offsetInVoxelsY - trunc(offsetInVoxelsY);
        G4double fractionOffsetZ = offsetInVoxelsZ - trunc(offsetInVoxelsZ);
        G4double offsetX = fractionOffsetX * voxelSizeX;
        G4double offsetY = fractionOffsetY * voxelSizeY;
        G4double offsetZ = fractionOffsetZ * voxelSizeZ;

        // Now we know how much to offset the "box of voxels".  Include
        // that in the transformation of the co-ordinates from world
        // volume to LAr TPC volume.
        transform = G4Translate3D(offsetX, offsetY, offsetZ) * transform;

        MF_LOG_DEBUG("LArVoxelReadoutGeometry")
          << ": offsetX=" << offsetX << ", offsetY=" << offsetY << ", offsetZ=" << offsetZ;

        // suffix representing this TPC
        std::ostringstream nums;
        nums << "_Cryostat" << c << "_TPC" << t;

        // Place the box of voxels, with the accumulated transformations
        // computed above.
        new G4PVPlacementInTPC(transform,
                               "VoxelizationPhysicalVolume" + nums.str(),
                               voxelBoxLogical,
                               parallelPhysical,
                               false,                                         // Only one volume
                               0,                                             // Copy number
                               false,                                         // No surface check
                               {(unsigned short int)c, (unsigned short int)t} // TPC ID
        );

      } // end loop over tpcs
    }   // end loop over cryostats

    if (mf::isDebugEnabled()) {
      MF_LOG_DEBUG("LArVoxelReadoutGeometryDump") << "Dump of voxelized volume";
      {
        mf::LogDebug log("LArVoxelReadoutGeometryDump");
        DumpPhysicalVolume(log, *parallelPhysical);
      }
      MF_LOG_DEBUG("LArVoxelReadoutGeometryDump") << "End of dump of voxelized volume";
    }
  }

G4VPhysicalVolume * larg4::LArVoxelReadoutGeometry::FindNestedVolume ( G4VPhysicalVolume *  mother, G4Transform3D &  motherTransform, G4Transform3D &  daughterTransform, std::string &  daughterName, unsigned int  expectedNum  )

private

Definition at line 442 of file LArVoxelReadoutGeometry.cxx.

  {
    G4LogicalVolume* logicalVolume = mother->GetLogicalVolume();
    G4int numberDaughters = logicalVolume->GetNoDaughters();
    for (G4int i = 0; i != numberDaughters; ++i) {
      G4VPhysicalVolume* d = logicalVolume->GetDaughter(i);

      if (d->GetName().contains(daughterName)) {

        // check that this cryostat is the requested one using fCryostat
        G4ThreeVector translation = d->GetObjectTranslation();
        G4RotationMatrix rotation = d->GetObjectRotationValue();
        G4Transform3D transform(rotation, translation);
        daughterTransform = motherTransform * transform;

        // take the origin of the volume and transform it to
        // world coordinated
        G4Point3D local(0., 0., 0.);
        G4Point3D world = daughterTransform * local;

        MF_LOG_DEBUG("LArVoxelReadoutGeometry")
          << "current " << daughterName << " origin is at (" << world.x() / CLHEP::cm << ","
          << world.y() / CLHEP::cm << "," << world.z() / CLHEP::cm << ")";

        // we don't bother with the cryostat number when calling Geometry::PositionToTPC
        // because we know we have already started off with the correct cryostat volume
        // G4 uses mm, we want cm
        double worldPos[3] = {world.x() / CLHEP::cm, world.y() / CLHEP::cm, world.z() / CLHEP::cm};
        unsigned int daughterNum = 0;
        unsigned int extra = 0;
        if (daughterName.compare("volCryostat") == 0)
          fGeo->PositionToCryostat(worldPos, daughterNum);
        else if (daughterName.compare("volTPC") == 0)
          fGeo->PositionToTPC(worldPos, daughterNum, extra);
        else if (daughterName.compare("volTPCActive") == 0 ||
                 daughterName.compare("volDetEnclosure") == 0) {
          // for either of these volumes, we know there is only 1 in the mother volume
          MF_LOG_DEBUG("LArVoxelReadoutGeometry") << "found the desired " << daughterName;
          return d;
        }

        // if we found the desired volume, stop looking
        if (daughterNum == expectedNum) {
          MF_LOG_DEBUG("LArVoxelReadoutGeometry") << "found the desired " << daughterName;
          return d;
        }
      } // end if the volume has the right name
    }   // end loop over volumes

    throw cet::exception("LArVoxelReadoutGeometry")
      << "could not find the desired " << daughterName << " to make LArVoxelReadoutGeometry\n";

    return 0;
  }

Member Data Documentation

art::ServiceHandle<geo::Geometry const> larg4::LArVoxelReadoutGeometry::fGeo

private

Handle to the geometry.

Definition at line 71 of file LArVoxelReadoutGeometry.h.

larg4::LArVoxelReadout* larg4::LArVoxelReadoutGeometry::flarVoxelReadout {nullptr}

private

Data for LArVoxelReadout setup.

Definition at line 76 of file LArVoxelReadoutGeometry.h.

larg4::LArVoxelReadout::Setup_t larg4::LArVoxelReadoutGeometry::fReadoutSetupData

private

Definition at line 77 of file LArVoxelReadoutGeometry.h.

std::unique_ptr<G4UserLimits> larg4::LArVoxelReadoutGeometry::fStepLimit

private

G4 doesn't handle memory management, so we have to

Definition at line 72 of file LArVoxelReadoutGeometry.h.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• LArVoxelReadoutGeometry.h
• LArVoxelReadoutGeometry.cxx